Wagon-top.



. No. 762,756. v PATENTED JUNE 14, 1904.

J. POHLIG. WAGON TOP.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 9, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

IN VENTOR .7a7z27/Jb7z Zig WITNESSES.

A TTQHNE r UNITED STATES Patented June 14, 1904.

JOHN POHLIG, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA- WAGON-TOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 762,? 56, dated June14, 1904.

Application filed December 9, 1908. Serial No. 184,375. (No model.)

To all w/wm it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN POHLIG, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State ofLouisiana, have invented a new and Improved VVagon-Top, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates particularly to improvements in side-curtainmechanism for wagon-tops, an object being to provide asimple and novelmeans for supporting the rolling side curtains, and a further object isto reduce the cost of construction by omitting certain elements shown inmy Patent N 0. 742,732, dated October 27 1903.

I will describe awagon-top'embodying my invention and then point out thenovel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section showing one side of a wagon-top andthe curtain mechanism embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a section on theline 00 m of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3/ 3/ of Fig.1.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates the side postsextended from the body in the usual manner, and attached to the upperends and at the outer side of the side posts is the top rail 2. As hereshown, this top rail is secured to the posts by means of brackets 3,consisting of any suitable metal. Extended downward frorn the top rail 2outward of the posts 1 is a guide plate or board 4, having alongitudinal slot 5, through which the curtain 6 passes. Secured to thelower wall of the slot 5-is atransversely-curved nosepiece 7, on whichthe curtain engages. Inclined outward and downward from the upperportion of the slot is a water-shedding rail 8. The guide-plate 4 issecured to the top rail 2 by means of brackets 9 10, arranged near theends, and these brackets also support the curtain-roller 11. One of thebrackets, here shown as the bracket 9, has a perforation to receive oneend of the roller, and the other bracket, 10, is provided with anoutwardlyopening slot 12 for receiving the other end of the roller. Topreventaccidental detachment of the roller from the bracket 10, I attachloosely a hook 10 to the roller in such manner as to engage the underside of the bracket.

The guide-rail is stiffened at its center or held rigidly by means of ametal strap 13, secured at its upper end to the top rail 2 and at itslower end to the bottom edge of the plate 4. This strap 13, it will beseen in Fig. 2, extends around the curtain. On the end of the roller 11extended fromv the bracket 10 is a grooved pulley 14, around which adraw-line 15 engages. As indicated in Fig. 3, the plate 4 is providedwith a recess 16, into which a portion of the pulley passes, and thusthe walls of this recess form a guide for the draw line or cord. Thispulley obviously is arranged at the front end of the wagon-top, so thatthe cord is easily accessible to the driver.

A metal brace 17 is connected at one end tothe plate 4 and at the otherend to the top rail 2. The usual top or roof 18 is attached to theopposite top rail 2. The pulley is provided with a series of holes toreceive a stopbolt 14.

' Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. In a wagon-top, side posts, a top railsecured thereto, a longitudinally-slotted guideplate, brackets attachingsaid plate to the top rail, a roller supported in said brackets, acenter strap of metal secured to the top rail and to the lower edge ofthe guide-plate, and a curtain extended from the roller through saidslot of the guide-plate.

2. In a wagon-top, side posts, a top rail secured thereto, alongitudinally-slotted plate attached to the top rail, an inclinedwater-shed rail projected over the slot, a roller arranged beneath thetop rail, and a curtainextended' from the roller through said slot.

3. In a wagon-top, side posts, a top rail, brackets securing the toprail to the side posts, a longitudinally-slotted guide-plate supportedby the top rail and having an inner recess near its front end, a curvedstrap attached at its upper end to the top rail and at its lower end tosaid plate about the center, brackets securing the said plate to the toprail, a roller supported by said brackets, a winding-pulley too beingprovided With a recess to receive a portion of the pulley, a cordengaging with said pulley, and a curtain attached to the roller andextended through the slot of the guideplate.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN POHLIG.

Witnesses:

J 0s. 0. WHITMORE, DAVID EWING.

